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Secret Ninja Technique - How to Get Out of a headlock! watch!

one.revver.com — Here are two martial arts black belts showing you how to break out of a head lock and drop your enemy to the ground very quickly. Next time someone puts you in a head lock you can pwn them with your 1337 ninja skills!

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  • rwin2007, on 10/10/2007, -22/+5Cool technique's. I will forward it to my friends. Thanks for the info!
  • Haidoken, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36that first one, the side headlock, why not use your fist, punch his crotch, and you automatically win
    • jjw269, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Secret Ninja rule #1. NO shots to the balls.
  • hammia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You just never know when this sort of thing might come in handy!
  • sensor, on 11/09/2007, -10/+38How is this a secret when you post a video explaining it? Also why do you call them "ninja techniques"? If I was a moderator/admin in digg I would ban people for making stupid headlines.
    • FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3No kidding. That was very similar to some headlock esceps I'm learning in my Hapkido class. Not the same particular moves but the same principles.
    • SilentSpyder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6People are lowering what a Ninja is suppose to be by labeling everything "ninja". Damn Naruto culture.
    • plarp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8you are a moderator/admin on dig.. just bury the stroy.. thats the whole point of digg
    • resplence, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Hey, at least it wasn't a secret ninja "hack". Yet.
  • stealth45, on 10/10/2007, -7/+38...So then i pull out my gun.
    • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33So then I pull out my robe and wizard hat.
      • satx, on 10/10/2007, -11/+3Fail.
      • gravis86, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2I'm sorry, but your level 65 wizard does not translate to real life. You lose. What are you going to do, WoW me to death?
        • popfrogs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5You and Satx lose your Digg nerd cards. The robe and wizard hat is a well-known reference to a hilarious chat exchange.
    • Bugsy33, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Your mugger is sleeping. First gain wrist control. Now pull out your gun. See? Your mugger is afraid of the gun. He doesn't want to be shot in the face.
    • jerrolds, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2(R. Kelly singing voice)

      I'm gonna give you a count of three to open this closet door.
      1. I'm gonna shoot you both.
      2. I'm gonna cap some bitch.
      3. [the door opens and he approaches it with his gun ready to fire. He looks in, then goes into the closet as well.]
      Now I'm in the closet. Now I'm in the closet too.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Simply flip the lever, release the lion...
  • Madsen, on 10/10/2007, -8/+6If you're in a really really deep down head lock, you could bite his nuts really really hard!
    • john2kx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6As opposed to biting them softly? I guess that makes sense.
    • nunofgs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Chris Crocker?!?
  • Zippo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+64A true ninja would never have gotten into a headlock in the first place.
    • CornmealMush, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Agreed
    • HYPEractive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23a true ninja WOULD purposely get himself in a headlock.... just to amuse himself and inflict genital pain on the attacker
      • Zippo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Perhaps, but a true ninja would have already killed his opponent with five different methods without them knowing before letting himself get locked in a headlock... and as the ninja was caught, the assailant's heart would explode.
  • bightchee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27Quick! Someone get me in a headlock! A side-headlock, not a wrestler's headlock.
    • john2kx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10just don't get into any fights with a wrestler and you shouldn't have to worry about that.. :D
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5This never works in practice. I have tried a very similar variant this in school when after learned it in martial arts.
    • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Wow, I totally mangled that sentence. I meant to say I learned a similar move in martial arts, but when I tried it, it did not work that well.
      • Bugsy33, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9You probably did it wrong. The techniques only work if your fast. If you leave your opponent any time to recover, your done.
      • aeoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2In addition to being fast, you must have decent physical fitness level. When I say decent, I mean decent for an unarmed combatant, not decent for a shrimp.

        You know that martial arts is not just about the techniques, right? Have you seen how insanely hard Shaolin monks train? I am talking about conditioning and not techniques here.

        Secondly, if you practice internal martial arts, that takes a lot of patience, time, meditation and so on to perfect. It is like the external art in a sense that you don't get a short-cut there either. You once again have to condition yourself, except the focus is on conditioning your mind. But it's still a determined intent that you have to hold in your mind. So it will not give you any result if you have a wishy washy or casual relationship to your practice.

        Technique is just 30% of the game. Your stamina, strength, speed, mind/wits, perceptiveness, and so on are the other 70%.

        Good luck.
        • Bugsy33, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I take Krav Maga (israeli self defense). Which is perfect for people that don't give two ***** about meditation, patience, or physical ability. They teach you right from the get go that your fighting for your life. There is no mantra, no secret techniques, no perfection. Its just simply a way to stop an attacker dead in his tracks....and by dead I mean he's probably got a smashed larynx and is choking on his own blood. Its all based on natural reactions and how to exploit them. I'd recommend a course to anyone regardless of physical condition or gender.
    • Zenphobia, on 11/10/2007, -3/+11Umm... perhaps you did not practice it enough? This looks like a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique and is very similar to the tradition BJJ headlock escape and is also similar to the Krav Maga headlock escape. The technique is legitimate.

      Now, I hate when people say, "this move didn't work, I tried it once." That's crap. You have to practice any technique to be good at it, and you can't expect something to work perfectly the first time you do it.

      How many foul shots do basketball players make? They didn't try the proper form once and say "oh, this doesn't work." They shot thousands upon thousands of foul shots to get the form, technique, and timing perfect. The same is true for the martial arts. You have to practice it for it to work.
      • FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5and in the process of the training you also have to realize that any technique is not necessarily a concise instruction manual but also a set of principles, actions, and motions. You may not use that *exact* technique but after practicing the technique and similar hundreds of times, you start understanding how the body moves and responds, so you don't have to use *that* technique but you can improvise and adjust based on the situation of the moment.
      • Kinkistyle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2In BJJ, you just grab the dudes legs and flip him over. But I guess chopping the balls, raking the eyes, and kicking the leg softens the guy up pretty good and is probably better for streetfighting. I'd rather just quickly get this guy to the floor.
        • FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Actually there are a lot of counters to that headlock and they are not particular to BJJ or any given art. Which one you adapt to depends on local conditions (how big your opponent is and whether he's punching you with his free hand and how his weight is distributed and...and...etc...)
        • FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4and....

          In sparring, going to the ground is good if you are good on the ground.

          In streetfighting, it's good to know how to survive on the ground if you end up there but the three reasons I avoid going to the ground intentionally are 1) Terrain (rolling on the asphault) 2) Friends (you got that armbar while his friends kick you in the head) and 3) Weapons (don't want the guy pulling a knife while I'm working for that armbar in close)

          The idea of competition is to win points. The goal of self-defense is to get out of there alive. Different tactics for different motivations

        • aeoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1@FearlessFreep:

          Well said. This is why striking arts have been more popular in lands where real combat took place. In 5 on 5 battle situation you cannot afford to be seen rolling on the floor and taking your sweet time with the opponent.

          Grappling is great 1 on 1, when you have lots of time and, like you said, no weapons are involved.
    • LetsGoHawks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How well any technique works is going to depend on the quality of your opponent.

      I'll stop stating the obvious now.
  • smackafiyah, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Does this work on pirates?
    • jftitan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4No it doesn't. Pirates stay at home, Pirates pick their fights based on advantage points. Lesson is, Don't mess with a Pirate. Silly Ninja...
    • WolverineBlue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No, pirates have balls of steel; you'd break your hand chopping him in the crotch.
    • Veritate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6pirates put you in a headlock with their cutlass. So, yes it works, but you chop your own head off doing it.
  • thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Technique 1 (Male assailant): Raise heel swiftly between his legs and run away...
    Technique 2 (Female assailant): Pray that you paid her enough that she's still acting the part
  • john2kx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Useful, although I don't think I've found myself in a headlock since middle school.. dugg anyway.
  • uncertainty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6i wish i knew this in middle school
  • Etchii, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19YOU have watched the video.
    YOU have increased your skill in Ninja! (420/1337)
    /flex
  • xBBx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Look out bullies! No more noogies for me!
  • superkickstart, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Very secret indeed.. This is a very common technique which is taught in many different martial arts.
  • pbarney, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15This should come in handy at board meetings.
  • Etchii, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9If you want to learn how to REALLY defend yourself...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKIm_E_joeg

    this is NOT that stupid ass kid singing the lame song, i promise.
    • pbarney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh yeah, this guy's got it. "And lookey look what we got here! smack his face into the table... and while I'm at it I'll kick him in the groin or something."
    • LetsGoHawks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That guy knows his stuff.
      The only thing is, he shows what to do if somebody gets you in a rear naked choke, but doesn't point out that if they really crank it on, you have about 5 seconds to get out before you black out.
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+2"Okay, I'm sorry...."
      *BANGBANGBANG*
      "No I'm not!"
    • johnnykwest, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How much did he have to pay that rag doll to demonstrate everything?? Must be his little brother... Stab Stab.. right in his liver. That was absolutely awesome and hilarious at the same time.
      Lookey lookey... BANG BANG!
  • Bugsy33, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow, thats not nearly as effective as Krav Maga's headlock escape.
  • popothebright, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9LOL.

    a) That's the weakest "headlock" I've ever seen. The "wrestler's headlock" he discusses looks more like it, but even more likely the guy giving you the headlock will be behind you.

    b) Kicking the guys leg out? Why do these martial arts fags always have submissive partners? Good luck trying to kick that leg out fellas. But more importantly: Why does the guy let go of the headlock when he falls? Let me give you a more likely scenario: You kick his leg and he doesn't fall. Instead he squeezes harder breaking your neck. Or: Let's say you manage to actually throw him off balance, the guy falls to the ground dragging you down by your neck, which at the very least sprains your neck so badly that you're defenseless. Now you're on the ground in a headlock (a worse position) and you're severely hurt.

    Oh, and the chances are, the neanderthal that has you in the headlock is much bigger than you. Rule number one for fighting: If you're smaller than your opponent DO NOT GET INTO A HORIZONTAL WRESTLING MATCH. STAY ON YOUR FEET.

    Martial arts guys always live in this perfect world of collaborative/submissive opponents. Real fighting is ugly.

    The fingers in eyes thing was good advice though.

    • over90000, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Actually if you are fighting a bigger opponent it's always better to go to the ground, that is if you know what you are doing.
      • popothebright, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yeah, because it's easier to escape when bubba is on top of you. Not.
        • scorchedearth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3If you know how to move and use your body, you can get to an armbar from full guard pretty easily.
        • over90000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, that was what I was trying to say. As for his point b, unless your legs are well conditioned, it takes one knee or a kick to completely wreck it.
    • scorchedearth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9I guess you've never done any MMA training or any wrestling whatsoever. We don't work with cooperative opponents when we grapple. The only time anyone is cooperative is when the people training haven't used the technique before and need to learn the finer points of positioning. After the technique is learned, the pace ramps up and the submissiveness is over.

      Although, staying on your feet in a street fight is good advice.

      This is hardly a 'ninja' technique though. The headline is ***** stupid.
    • dalaeth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The fingers in the eyes is what MAKES it work. If someone hooks a finger or two into your eye socket and pulls your head up, you're going to straighten up. Even if you're conditioned enough to keep a hold of the headlock, between the downward pulling motion on your hand (though I disagree with the placement in the video.. i would grab the hand that's around my head instead of the one bracing) and the upward pull on your head, that grip is going to loosen a *little*. Maybe the knee strike doesn't actually take the person to the ground, but pushing the leg forward while pulling the head back by the eye socket is going to disrupt their balance enough for you to have enough pull to get out of the headlock.
    • vanguardanon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2As mentioned before, it sounds like you don't have any MMA training. The typical session involves doing it against a willing partner as you learn it, moving to a drill will the resists, then full on fighting where the situation may or may not even arise.

      BTW, smaller guys can absolutely win on the ground. If your strong on the ground, win the takedown. If you're standup game is better, defend the takedown.

      Last comment, I don't like that headlock escape. My favorite is to step behind them (the position they started in), lift the guy until you get side control, then escape the headlock after you're on the ground in top position. Yes, I've done it against an unwilling opponent. Yes, it works, even if the other guy is bigger.
    • aeoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1People have partners like that when they make a training video giving you an introduction to the technique. Of course you wouldn't want to practice it against a cooperating opponent! On the other hand, while the opponent was cooperating, the guy doing the technique did not REALLY eye gouge nor did he REALLY strike his thigh, because if he did, the other guy would probably fold just from those 2 hits, unless he's a trained fighter who takes this kind of punishment all the time (which is not true in most street fights).

      Even trained people have pain thresholds anyway. That's why they tap out when submitted.
  • dclark10, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20I have a technique where I just cry like a little girl and they usually feel sorry for me and let me go.
  • lukeo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7his technique mainly consisted of whacking the guy in the groin... and then gouging at his eyes..... ninja my ass. he's not even wearing black!
  • tuxidomasx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3he was really slamming his demonstrator friend hard
  • FoxMcCloud1, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Is it just me or does someone who puts you in a headlock not deserve to get their eyes gouged out. A headlock for an eye just doesn't sound right. What a pussy little fighter baby.
    • FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1depends on context. Always realize you're going to have to explain to the cops and the DA why you did what you did
    • dalaeth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1" A man confronts you on the street, he is your enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy."
    • LetsGoHawks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If they start the fight, I could care less what happens to them.
      "I was just trying to defend myself, I didn't mean to destroy his eye"
  • woolleybear, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0any technique where you don't have to hit the guy in the groin?
    • bellenova, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No groin hit?! That's part of the fun!
  • Fantt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't choke someone while standing in front of them!
  • sassybeau, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10if you find yourself in a headlock very often i would say you need to re-examine your life.
  • ChefAnubis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5i think if it was inded a "Secret ninja technique" i would not find its way into digg frontpage.
  • swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7buried for not being secret or a ninja technique.
  • ncodedcode, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Those videos are basic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Gracie Style) moves. Not ninja secret movies! Good link though!
    • m4szyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That is nothing like BJJ actually
    • scorchedearth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I didn't think groin shots and eye gouging were standard in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. MMA fights certainly don't allow that kind of stuff.
  • m4szyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1There are so many ways to get out of a headlock without eye gouging and groin chopping, what the hell kind of martial art teaches that? I bet this guy carries a can of mace in his purse too
    • dalaeth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I've learned very similar techniques in American Kempo. Only, once we have the opponent on the ground, we "terminate" the technique with either a kick to their head (trying to time it with their initial impact in order to "dribble" the skull off the ground) or a stomp to the throat. Once you're committed to a confrontation, end it quickly and decisively.

      In the street, I don't want a "good, clean fight". I want to go home safe and sound and if that means really messing up someone's day.. well... they shouldn't have attacked me.
  • Galume, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Ninja my a55...you'd never see a real Ninja because they were spies and masters of disguise and deception. By the time you knew it was a Ninja you were on your way to Vahalla.
    They eye poke is about the only useful thing here. You have to get the holder to arch backwards- i.e., puch the guys kidneys, dig the eyes, etc and when he's standing a little more upright you take out the knee or stomp the top of the foot. In a real fight, there is no mr nice guy. You have to survive and get home in time for The Daily Show.
  • DaFixer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Authentic ninjitsu training:
    http://www.ninjalessons.com
  • Pheter, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Jeeezzz, how many times did that guy get hit in the groin?
  • quisph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Or you could just LET him give you a noogie, then he'll let you go of his own accord.
  • bicyclethief, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Once you eye gouge someone, you've opened up the unspoken pandora's box on cheapness in the fight...
  • lowerlogic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1finally! now i can wear my pocket protectors with impunity!
  • o0adam0o, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Chop to groin? Chop to the nuts is much more effective!
  • tomjunlee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Man, you guys should learn JUDO!

    Mind you I think the technique on the video is somewhat difficult on the move. I don't think it is easily accomplished by anyone who has ever thrown someone else either.

    I have add some further notes :
    Instead of pushing the eye, if you do not want to damage the opponent's eye, I suggest pushing the head back from the chin. But the eye is effective pretty much immediately without much resistance :) whilst holding the wrist. The head MUST go back if you want your opponent to fall back as there is a significant loss of balance and control by just doing that.

    Personally though, if I was the guy in the red, I would have grabbed the opponent's back, moved my right leg to the front of the white guy, hopping my left leg forward, bend my knees, then HIP THROW with the control of the opponent's back...the opponent will badly injure his back if they don't know how to break-fall. Doing this requires no precise technique.

    If all else fails, hit to the groin.
  • theforrester, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How many groin hits can one man take???
  • drachemorder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"If all else fails, hit to the groin."
    Words to live by right there.
  • ljuk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0What about taking the nuts turning them once around until it snaps and then pulling sharply forward.
    Afterwards letting him fall alone.
  • cutebutnerdy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Better not let my boyfriend see this...he's likely to escape.
  • ControlledBurn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Grab, twist, pull should be all anyone ever needs to know for escaping a headlock.
  • IceBoxCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You'd have to be a retard to get someone in a headlock while standing in front of them! Ninjas only use headlocks while standing behind their retarded opponent.
  • duggreen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Dumbest thing I've ever seen. Only reason someone might end up struggling in this schoolyard move is from a failed throw anyway. Against such a soft offense, anything would work. Amazing that this sort of crap is thought of as legitimate self defense by gullible students.
  • mashw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait..chopping his balls and poking his eyes are secret Ninja techniques?
  • 5xSTUN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1that's why before you put someone in a headlock, make sure you put on your athletic cup and smear butter all over your face.
  • howardv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've been in a situation, and used part of this technique. I didn't do the strike to the groin, or the leg kick though, and the eye-pull didn't result in pulling him down, but rather bending him backwards over my horizontal upper leg.
    blah, blah you say...well the interesting part of my experience, is this: I remembered it at the time from a ninjutsu book, it wasn't something I had practised. And yet it worked perfectly.
    Weirder still: Credit where credit is due: I learnt it from an author who martial artists commonly deride as a 'fake' ninja master...Ashida Kim.
    I don't really care if any of you believe this, but I thought I'd comment. I'd like to note also that I'm not a ninjitsu advocate, nor a 'Kim shill' or fanboi or anything...but credit where its due...
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